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Pliening, Germany

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Mar 2026 - Present
Munich, Germany

Project Manager

Schaeffler

Position summary
Project Manager at Schaeffler
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Schaeffler: SASE Harmonization (SD-WAN/Zscaler Client Rollout)

  • Overall project planning (including planning, preparation, and execution of the migrations)
  • Project Management Office (PMO) – preparing status reports, monitoring progress with dashboards, preparing and conducting steering boards
  • Coordination with the regions and departments to prepare the migrations
  • Coordinating the execution of the migrations (cut-over)
  • Coordination with the managed service provider for SD-WAN
Mar 2026 - Present
Munich, Germany

Technical Project Manager supporting the customer's overall project manager

Schaeffler

Position summary
Technical Project Manager supporting the customer's overall project manager at Schaeffler
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Schaeffler: IBM on demand Archive Migration

  • Overall project planning (including planning, preparation, and execution of the migrations)
  • Project Management Office (PMO) – preparing status reports, monitoring progress with dashboards, preparing and conducting steering boards
  • Coordination with the regions and departments to prepare the migrations
  • Coordinating the execution of the migrations (cut-over)
Aug 2025 - Present
Munich, Germany

Project Manager

Surteco

Position summary
Project Manager at Surteco
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Surteco: OCEAN Split IBM i5

  • Logical and physical separation of the existing IBM i5 environment
  • Managing the rebuilding of the Infor M3 application on the separated IBM i5
  • Planning, managing, and conducting the necessary tests
  • Coordination with the departments and business units to prepare the migrations
  • Coordinating the execution of the migrations (cut-over)
May 2025 - Jul 2026
Munich, Germany

Project Manager

Surteco

Position summary
Project Manager at Surteco
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Surteco: Data Center Migration (Colocation)

  • Integrated migration planning and preparation for virtual migrations and physical data center moves
  • Single point of contact for coordination with the application owners
  • Conducting and managing data center moves
  • Managing the virtual migrations
  • Planning and coordinating the global SD-WAN rollout
  • Provider management (Noris Network, SVA, Controlware, Telekom)
  • Cross-program reporting
Jan 2025 - Present
Munich, Germany

Technical Project Manager supporting the customer's overall project manager

Schaeffler

Position summary
Technical Project Manager supporting the customer's overall project manager at Schaeffler
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Schaeffler: IP Address Harmonization

  • Overall project planning (including planning, preparation, and execution of the migrations)
  • Project Management Office (PMO) – preparing status reports, monitoring progress with dashboards, preparing and conducting steering boards
  • Coordination with the regions and departments to prepare the migrations
  • Coordinating the execution of the migrations (cut-over)

Industry experience

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Experienced in Automotive and Manufacturing.

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Experienced in Information Technology and Project Management.

Information Technology
Project Management
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Skills

  • 30 Years Of Experience In It Infrastructure, Including Server, Storage, Mainframe, Tape, Network, And Virtualization Technologies
  • 27 Years Of Experience In Project And Program Management According To Pmi And Prince2 Practitioner (Certified)
  • 20 Years Of Experience In Data Center Migrations/Moves, Consolidations, And Data Center Design
  • 16 Years Of Experience As A Project Manager For Sap Database Migrations
  • 27 Years Of Experience In It Operations According To Itil
  • 8 Years Of Experience In Network Infrastructure Projects (Sd-Wan Rollout, Ip Address Harmonization, Internet Breakout Rollout)
  • Conducting Business Impact Analyses
  • Designing, Implementing, And Introducing High-Availability Solutions
  • Planning And Implementing Sap And Database Migrations
  • Taking Over And Managing Troubled Projects
  • Vendor And Supplier Management (E.G. Ibm, Hp, Emc, Netapp, Hitachi, At&T, Gtt, Colt, Bt, Dxc, Tcs, Telekom, Noris Network, Sva, Controlware)

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Nov 1990 - Jan 1996

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Diplom-Mathematiker · Mathematics · Würzburg, Germany

Nov 1988 - Nov 1990

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Computer Science · Würzburg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Cloud Design Patterns

Coaching-Skills für Führungskräfte

Industrie 4.0: Einblicke und Erfahrungen von Industrie-Experten

Masters Certificate in Project Management

George Washington University

Migrationswege in die Cloud

Oracle Administration

PRINC2 Foundation

Projektmanagement PMI

Strategieentwicklung: Ein Überblick

Technologie Tivoli Top Gun

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Experience

Total positions 5
Experience in Automotive 2 y
Avg length 1 y 1 m
Longest experience 1 y 9 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Project Manager, Technical Project Manager supporting the customer's overall project manager
Main industries Automotive, Manufacturing
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 12
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Frequently asked questions

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Volker is based in Pliening, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Volker speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).

Volker has at least 2 years of experience. During this time, Volker has worked in at least 2 different roles and for 2 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 months. Note that Volker may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Volker would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Manager, Technical Project Manager supporting the customer's overall project manager.

Volker's most recent position is Project Manager at Schaeffler.

In recent years, Volker has worked for Schaeffler and Surteco.

Volker is most experienced in industries like Automotive and Manufacturing.

Volker is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology and Project Management.

Volker holds a Master in Mathematics from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

Volker has 12 certificates. Among them, these include: Cloud Design Patterns, Coaching-Skills für Führungskräfte, and ITIL Foundation.

Volker is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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